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[thepoetrystore]

poem for aspiring artists. written at last night's wonderful @parks4all event. lovely to spend the evening chatting with people about california places they love and are inspired by. . #carboncopy #ondemandpoetry #thepoetrystore #silvialcivar #silvi #poetsofig #poetsofinsta #poetsofinstagram #poetryofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writersofig #typewriterpoet #typewriterpoetry #custompoetry #custompoems #forhire #thisismyjob #art #create #aspire #montereycypress #poetryondemand #ggnpc #nature

[mcnairevans]

Bay Area friends - Join my today from Noon - 5 Pm PST at the SFAI Graduate Center (Pier 2, Ft. Mason in GGNPC) for A Day of Photo Books presented by Photo Alliance. We’ll be selling signed copies of Confessions for a Son, First Edition (Owl & Tiger, 2014) and Begin Anywhere (SF Camerawork, 2018). I’ll be sharing a table with the incredible @aufuldish - designer and co-creter of Begin Anywhere. Hope to see you there, and why am I always so last minute!?! Besos (at SFAI - Fort Mason) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtY5oDtg4LE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jbtsz8gb56wt

[we-players]

Share your favorite park memories! 

Were you with us on Alcatraz for Hamlet (10 years ago this fall!)? Do you remember the biting cold of Fort Point for Macbeth? Did you feel the ocean spray at Sutro? 

Golden Gate National Park Conservancy wants to hear about it! Relive your favorite memory and remind GGNPC why it's so important that we have access to these important sites!

[oceanagarden]

Props Naftali!

[presidioexchange]

As the Presidio Trust Board deliberates on the future of Crissy Field, here's a video to remind us how far we have come. The transformation of Crissy Field involved the removal of non-historic structures in order to reintroduce the flatness and texture of a bayside environment; of 70 acres of paving for reuse; of 87,000 tons of hazardous materials; and of 100,000 cubic yards of dirt to create the wetland and restore the adjacent grass airfield. Via Hargreaves Associates.

[oceanagarden]

Our partners with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy are hiring for summer interns for the Linking Individuals to their Natural Community (LINC) program.

[presidioexchange]

In the lead up to the highly anticipated "Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz" from exhibition partners the FOR-SITE Foundation, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and NPS, this Spring, six fibreglass dioramas depicting his 81 days in detention will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. This  travelling exhibition “According to What?” will run from April 18-August 10.

[oceanbeachbulletin-blog]

Lands End parking lot to close for remainder of 2010

The parking area in Lands End adjacent to the USS San Francisco Memorial, near Fort Miley, will close for renovation starting the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 3.

According to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, renovations will start Monday, Aug. 9 on the lot, which is marred by numerous potholes in some areas. The lot off El Camino Del Mar will be closed through December.

The main Lands End parking lot at Merrie Way, overlooking Sutro Baths, will remain open. The Coastal Trail, which hugs the San Francisco coast at Lands End, will remain open as well.

The parking area is known for the memorial monument at its northwest corner, honoring the sailors and marines of the WWII-era USS San Francisco. According to the USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation, the San Francisco, a heavy cruiser built at Mare Island, lost 106 sailors in fighting with a superior Japanese force off Guadalcanal in 1942.

More information about the USS San Francisco is available from the U.S. Navy.

Image courtesy Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

[presidioexchange]

The latest representative to weigh in on the Presidio's decision around the commissary site is House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, urging the Presidio to stick to their commitment to make a decision in January. Stay up-to-date on all the news coverage around the PX and commissary site on our website news section

[presidioexchange]

The Conservancy has a long track record of working with partners in the Golden Gate National Parks to create great public spaces -- from Lands End Lookout to the Crissy Field Center. We know that the PX will be just as vibrant a community space, but we will never stop striving to make it better. Check out these Eleven Principles for Creating Great Community Places from Project for Public Spaces.

[presidioexchange]

How will the three Crissy Field proposals impact the priceless views of Crissy Field? Take a look at these simulations of the finalists' buildings from five different viewpoints.

[presidioexchange]

GGNPC, in partnership with the FOR-SITE Foundation and the National Park Service, has announced that dissident-artist Ai Weiwei will debut new artwork on Alcatraz next fall. Although Ai has never been to the Rock, his personal experiences with incarceration in China will inform the art pieces in and around the old federal penitentiary--infamous for its limitations of freedom. Check out this article in the NY Times!